What Is Contract Intelligence—And Why It’s the Future of Smarter Dealmaking

Contracts are no longer static documents. In a data-first world, they’re rich sources of strategic insight—if you know how to extract it.

That’s where Contract Intelligence comes in—turning contracts into actionable business assets.

Contract Intelligence is the AI-powered process of transforming contracts into structured, actionable data—enabling smarter, faster decisions. It uses machine learning to extract key terms, benchmark against market standards, flag deviations, and surface insights on risk, fairness, and compliance—empowering organizations to better understand obligations, mitigate risks, seize opportunities, and improve overall efficiency.

Unlike traditional contract workflows, which rely on manual redlines and reactive legal review, Contract Intelligence enables legal, sales, and RevOps teams to understand how their terms compare to thousands of others—instantly.

For decades, contracts were treated as static documents—manually reviewed, line by line, and viewed as legal formalities rather than strategic assets. Today, leading companies are using AI to transform contracts into structured data, fueling faster, smarter dealmaking. Contract Intelligence is the backbone of this shift.

Delays at the contract stage don’t just slow timelines—they erode trust and stall revenue. Legal teams get buried in repetitive clause reviews. Sales momentum fades. Buyers hesitate. That’s where Certify™, TermScout’s AI-powered contract analytics platform, makes the difference.

Certify™ scans over 750 data points per agreement to convert contracts into actionable insights. It benchmarks your terms against thousands of public contracts, flags high-risk deviations, and issues the Certify™ Badge when your terms align with market standards—accelerating speed, building trust, and bringing clarity to every deal.

1. Accelerated Deal Cycles
   By automating clause analysis and surfacing key terms instantly, Contract Intelligence reduces the time spent in review and negotiation. This helps legal and sales teams close deals faster without sacrificing accuracy.
   
   
2. Enhanced Risk Visibility
   AI identifies deviations from standard terms, flags high-risk clauses, and highlights non-compliant language—enabling proactive risk mitigation before issues arise.
   
   
3. Smarter, Data-Driven Decisions
   Contract data becomes a strategic asset. Benchmarking against market standards provides context for every term, empowering stakeholders to make informed decisions grounded in real-world data.
   
   
4. Consistency and Compliance at Scale
   Ensure company-wide consistency in language, obligations, and fallback positions. Contract Intelligence supports policy enforcement and regulatory compliance across thousands of agreements.
   
   
5. Reduced Legal Burden
   Free legal teams from repetitive, low-value tasks. Let them focus on complex, high-impact work while AI handles routine reviews, extractions, and comparisons.
   
   
6.  Improved Buyer Experience
   Transparent, market-aligned terms build trust with buyers. Tools like the Certify™ show your terms meet industry standards—reducing friction and hesitation in the buying process

With Certify™, you’re not just reviewing contracts—you’re applying Contract Intelligence. You’re analyzing them, comparing your terms to industry benchmarks, identifying trends across deals, and surfacing the trust metrics that move negotiations forward.